FINA has confirmed that Yana Martynova, the Russian medley and butterfly champion, has been served a four-year suspension in Russia after she tested positive for ostarine on July 18 2015; and Yulia Efimova claims she last took meldonium in December 2015 – but she tested positive for it in February 2016 – beyond a clean test returned in January 2016…

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